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    involvement of the Nyasaland Protectorate in World War II began with the declaration of war on Nazi Germany by the British Empire in September 1939. Though...
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    Almost every country in the world participated in World War II. Most were neutral at the beginning, but only a relative few nations remained neutral to...
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    Mexico's participation in World War II had its first antecedent in the diplomatic efforts made by the government before the League of Nations as a result...
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    Brazil officially entered World War II on 22 August 1942 when it declared war against the Axis powers Germany and Italy. On 8 February 1943, the country...
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    000°E / -13.500; 34.000 Nyasaland (/nɪˈæsəlænd, naɪˈæsə-/) was a British protectorate located in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British...
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    The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation (CAF), was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern...
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    World War on 1 September 1939, the British Army was small in comparison with those of its enemies, as it had been at the beginning of the First World...
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  • armed forces in World War II, in part due to the German occupation. In 1940, General Maurice Gamelin commanded the French Army, headquartered in Vincennes...
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    militarily involved in World War II until January 1944, with the election of William Tubman, at which time the country declared war on Germany and Japan...
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    be deployed abroad during World War II were 50 Territorial troops under Captain T G Standing, who were posted to Nyasaland in September at the request...
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    When the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939 at the start of World War II, it controlled to varying degrees numerous crown colonies...
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    Buccaneer Legend-type rigid-hulled inflatable launches, in service since 1993 Nyasaland in World War II Malawi Armed Forces College FC Kamuzu Barracks FC,...
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    outbreak of the Second World War, having been under French administration since 1885. It played an important role in the war due to the presence of critically...
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    The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma,...
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    formations in World War II Divisional insignia of the British Army List of British divisions in World War I List of British brigades of the Second World War Military...
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    outbreak of World War II in September 1939, Thomas Southorn was the Governor of the Gambia, having been appointed to the role in October 1936. In March 1942...
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    Following the Soviet invasion of Poland at the onset of World War II, in accordance with the Nazi-Soviet Pact against Poland, the Soviet Union acquired...
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    known as the Abyssinian campaign) was fought in East Africa during the Second World War by Allies of World War II, mainly from the British Empire, against...
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    were shipped via Palestine to Nyasaland during World War II. The most notable person with partial Jewish parentage to serve in a high position was Sir Roy...
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    The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was about 40 million: estimates range from around 15 to 22 million deaths and about...
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    pp. 110–114 (in German) România în anii primului război mondial (Romania in the years of the First World War), Volume II, p. 830 (in Romanian) Gilbert...
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    King's African Rifles (category Military units and formations of British Somaliland in World War II)
    Nyasaland in World War II Order of Battle, East African Campaign (World War II) Rhodesian African Rifles Somaliland Camel Corps Southern Rhodesia in World...
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  • This is a list of the events of World War I in chronological order. Diplomatic history of World War I Albertini 1953, p. 38. Keegan 1998, p. 53. Lowe...
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    This is a list of frigates of World War II. The list includes frigate-class ships, such as US Navy "destroyer escorts", and British "escort destroyers"...
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    The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European...
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    This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are...
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  • Malawi Prison Service (category 1956 establishments in Nyasaland)
    facilities for Europeans and Asians. Before World War I, there was no separate department of prisons in Nyasaland, and no European officer was specifically...
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    Chilembwe uprising (category Nyasaland in World War I)
    uprising was a rebellion against British colonial rule in Nyasaland (modern-day Malawi) which took place in January 1915. It was led by John Chilembwe, an American-educated...
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  • Selassie. World War II — With the outbreak of World War II, war arrives in Africa in 1940, with Italy joining the war, initially British forces in British...
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    Southern Rhodesia (category Rhodesian Bush War)
    Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland History of Zimbabwe List of presidents of Zimbabwe President of Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia in World War I Tati Concessions...
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